---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relative to simulcasting and racing"
description: "By Representatives Vincent of Revere and Madaro of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 208) of RoseLee Vincent relative to simulcasting and racing. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "190th"
identifier: "H 208"
citation: "Massachusetts H 208 (190th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d752c078-f3b3-46e9-96b0-7578b9c647e4"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H208"
source_hash: "1499dc6322551c824caa518f408c667f29bc386c0fabe7cf3a9bfb5ddde4cca9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
---

# Massachusetts H 208 (190th) — An Act relative to simulcasting and racing

By Representatives Vincent of Revere and Madaro of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 208) of RoseLee Vincent relative to simulcasting and racing. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H208.pdf)

## Sponsors

- RoseLee Vincent — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-23** Referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Senate concurred
- **2017-07-12** Hearing scheduled for 07/18/2017 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1
- **2017-07-20** Committee recommended bill ought to pass
- **2017-07-20** Rules suspended
- **2017-07-20** Read second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third, amended and passed to be engrossed `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2017-07-26** Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-2, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-07-26** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2017-07-26** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2017-07-26** Enacted `passage`
- **2017-07-27** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2017-07-28** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-02** Hearing scheduled for 10/17/2017 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-2

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d752c078-f3b3-46e9-96b0-7578b9c647e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).